BP Whiting Indiana Refinery Update

Created by John Tarantino on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 · 6 Comments

Facing intense criticism for the state’s decision to let BP America increase discharges into Lake Michigan, Gov. Mitch Daniels on Monday ordered a review of the state’s environmental permitting process. Daniels appointed James Barnes, former dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, to lead the review which is due in six weeks. So in other words something has to be done by somebody because everyone is upset about this whole issue; with good reasoning too…I would not be happy with an oil company dumping any amount of ammonia, mercury or solid waste material into MY drinking water…no matter how little or large the amounts actually are.

In June, the state Department of Environmental Management issued a new wastewater treatment permit to BP’s Whiting refinery. Apperently people had fought it, but ever since the story got major coverage from the Chigago Tribune, more action is being taken to oppose the permit.

The new permit, plus a $3.8 billion expansion of the refinery, will allow BP to make an additional 620 million gallons of gasoline from Canadian crude oil. But the process will result in BP releasing 54 percent more ammonia and 35 percent more suspended solids into Lake Michigan, a major source of drinking water for Chicago and other cities. (According to www.indystar.com). Once again more pollution in the drinking water supply is NOT GOOD for anyone.

There is heated discussion between BP backers and environmental activists…read that post here. Consider sharing your thoughts on the issue, comments are always welcomed and encouraged.

Honestly people, when will the value of Human health and human life be more important than corporate greed. If you haven’t noticed yet…our country is being run by profit seeking, greedy, selfish, power hungry CORPORATIONS that only care about a buck. My honest opinion about BP is not a good one, this whole environment crap from an oil company is all about PR. They campaign and advertise so that people will be brainwashed into thinking they’re something they OBVIOUSLY are not. Just my two cents, and I hope you enjoy the continued coverage on this BP Whiting Indiana Refinery story.

Just living life in Portland, Oregon and enjoying every day that goes by. I love the environment, and I love community, and I love being able to share my experiences and perspective with the world.

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Clinton

at the end of the day, its not just BP, its a lot of the big companies, it would be nice for them to turn around with their billion dollar profits and give something back!Thanx for sharing the information, cheers
JT

the BP oil refinery in Whiting, IN should be a little more considerate concerning this issue…especially due to the large amount of media attention its been getting recently. Thanks for the comment ^^
Anonymous

'No BP Gas Pledge' spreads in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, & Pennsylvania this week. This past weekend, more than 50 people in Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago demonstrated at BP gas stations, passed out fliers about the refinery and encouraging motorists to fill their automobiles elsewhere, said Dan Kohler, director of Environment Wisconsin. Many did, and the group is planning future protests. This weekend, a sister organization, Environment Michigan, will hold a similar protest in Ann Arbor, Mich. To date the 70,000 people have signed an online petition protesting the permit issued by the state of Indiana which allows the refinery to increase its discharge of ammonia and solids into Lake Michigan.“BP Day of Action” in Michigan this weekend. Sign Uphttps://www.environmentmichigan.org/action/protect-lake-michigan/bpdayofactionIllinois 'No BP Gas Pledge' https://www.environmentillinois.org/action/protect-lake-michigan/no-bp-gasWisconsin 'No BP Gas Pledge'http://wisconsinenvironment.org/action/clean-water/no-bp-gasPennsylvania 'No BP Gas Pledge'http://www.pennenvironment.org/action/clean-water/no-bp-gas
Anonymous

Unless you are a citizen of Whiting, I do not believe you are up to date in condeming this expansion project. As a lifelong citizen of this wonderful town, and a lover of nature, especially, Lake Michigan, the last thing I would want is more "garbage" dumped into this lake. But, until someone can explain to me, why a city as huge as Chicago, has such high levels of "e-coli" in Lake Michigan's water during the summer months, therefore, closing Chicago city beaches almost all the time, then I would start to worry about BP. Chicago is already THE major culprit in the pollution problem than the Whiting BP project would ever be.
Anonymous

Ecofasa turns waste to biodiesel using bacteriaA group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash. This isn't a biodiesel made from used frying oil; instead, it's made from general urban waste which is treated by bacteria. The result of that bacteria? Fatty acids that can be used to produce standard biodiesel. According to the company's CEO, the process is fully biologic, competes with no feedstock and is really sustainable. However, the process doesn't yield that much actual fuel: just one liter of biodiesel from 10 kg of trash. The project is now in a development phase, but Ecofasa said that a commercially viable model could be ready in three to four years.http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3225http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jh4c24qeX4
Fred Smilek

I can't believe that much chemical waste is going in there!!! This is absurd.

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